Chapter 478: Lu Manman's ending

Remote mountainous area—

Another summer vacation season, the only primary school in the mountainous area was on vacation.

The school's only teacher and principal, Zuo Weiguo, finally had some free time. He remembered his daughter wanted to eat the roast chicken in the town at the foot of the mountain, so he specially got up early, carrying a back basket to go down the mountain to purchase things.

On the way back, the accident happened unexpectedly.

A stone on the mountain road he usually walked suddenly cracked. A student in front of Zuo Weiguo looked like he was about to fall, so he grabbed the student without thinking, threw the student onto the wide platform with all his might, and he himself didn't stabilize his figure and rolled down from the cliff slope...

"Teacher Zuo!"

"Ah!"

When Zuo Weiguo fell, his head hit a sharp stone, and his eyes went black, and he lost consciousness instantly.

Someone heard the scream and rushed over to find that Teacher Zuo was already lying in a pool of blood!

"Zhuzi, what's going on?"

"Awang said I almost fell just now, it was Teacher Zuo who pulled me, he..."

"Zhuzi, don't cry first. Notify the brigade leader, let the village hurry up and raise money.

Another team, come with me down to find Teacher Zuo and send him to the hospital to see if he can be saved!"

Because Teacher Zuo was the only teacher in the mountain, he was dedicated to the children and helpful to others, so the children in the village liked him, and the parents respected him.

Just now, he sacrificed himself to save their son.

Their conscience was made of meat; how could they see death and not save him?

The news also reached Lu Manman's ears; she didn't hold the bowl in her hand steadily, and it fell to the ground and shattered.

"Mom?"

A five or six-year-old little girl looked at her fearfully.

She was afraid that her mom would have an episode again; her mom's episodes were scary.

"Dou Dou, your dad had an accident."

Lu Manman's face didn't know whether it was sad or happy, didn't know whether it was crying or laughing.

This man, Zuo Weiguo, had taken care of her for so many years, shielding her from the wind and rain, and giving up his family property and the opportunity to return to the city for her.

How could such a good person not live long?

It was her who was too vicious, so she implicated the person in the same bed.

Oh heaven, oh heaven, you don't distinguish between good and evil!

The one who should be punished by heaven is me; why punish an innocent person?

"Dou Dou's mom, it's my fault, it's me who didn't see the feet. If it weren't for Teacher Zuo pulling me, I'm afraid I would have fallen into the cliff. Teacher Zuo was for me, woo woo woo!"

"Dou Dou's mom, our family will definitely be responsible for this. You pack up Teacher Zuo's clothes first, and we will take the child to the hospital to see Teacher Zuo, even if it's just to let the child see his dad for the last time."

Zhuzi's parents felt very guilty; Teacher Zuo sacrificed himself for their son. If it weren't for Teacher Zuo, the one who had the accident today would be their son!

Lu Manman didn't say much, just silently went to pack Zuo Weiguo's clothes, and brought all the money in the house for emergencies.

Yes, even if it was the last time, she had to let Dou Dou send her father off.

Dou Dou didn't understand anything, just heard that her dad was injured, and tears dripped down like beans.

The mother and daughter were sent by the villagers to the town hospital at the foot of the mountain. In the hospital operating room, Zuo Weiguo's surgery was still in rescue.

In the hospital, the villagers who sent him were still there.

Everyone was raising money and thinking of ways to save Teacher Zuo

"Daddy, where are you?"

"Dou Dou's mom, why did you come?"

"Sigh, it's good that you came. Let Dou Dou call out to Teacher Zuo a few more times; perhaps if Teacher Zuo hears Dou Dou's voice, he will have the will to survive?"

"Daddy, Daddy!"

Perhaps in the dark, there is a will of heaven. Originally, the electrocardiogram in the operating room had become a straight line, beeping steadily.

As a result, just when the doctors were about to give up, the sound of a little girl crying came from outside the door, and the repeated calls of "Daddy" forced the electrocardiogram to start having fluctuations!

The lead surgeon could not help but sigh that love is an eternal miracle.

A father's love for his daughter allowed him to walk back from the gates of hell.

The light in the operating room dimmed, then the door opened, and a group of doctors pushed the patient out and asked loudly—

"Who is the patient's family?"

"I, I am his wife."

Lu Manman stood out, choking with sobs. This time she admitted her identity; she would no longer escape, no longer play the fool.

She was Zuo Weiguo's wife, the mother of his child!

"The patient had a one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival. Although he has been resuscitated, he suffered a heavy blow to the head. The chance of him waking up is small, but with the company and patient care of his family, perhaps one day he will wake up again."

The doctor's words carried a trace of cold, ruthless cruelty.

This situation is similar to a vegetative state where one cannot eat, drink, or excrete independently, cannot wake up, or open their eyes and recover freedom of movement as before.

The life is still there; some families just need the person to be alive, while others would despise such a situation as a burden.

"Okay, I understand."

At this moment, Lu Manman clearly felt her own heartbeat and understood what she really wanted and what she should cherish.

She seemed to have fallen a little in love with Zuo Weiguo.

It is a pity that she realized it a bit late; she had not yet expressed her love, and her lover was already seriously injured and unconscious.

It doesn't matter; she will use the rest of her life to cherish him, take care of him, and never leave him.

Just like when he picked up the down-and-out, pretending-to-be-foolish self on the side of the road all those years ago.

It was he who took such good care of her; from now on, it is her turn to take care of him.

Lu Manman leaned over to the man wrapped like a zongzi, planted a light kiss on his cheek, and said very gently:

"Weiguo, don't be afraid, I'm taking you home."

Dou Dou blinked her tear-filled eyes, looking at her mother somewhat blankly.

From then on, for decades, the school on the mountain continued to operate.

But the first teacher and principal became a legend in the students' mouths, and the teacher's wife became the beloved Teacher Lu in their mouths.

More than ten years later, Zuo Doukou tested out of the mountain area and became a university student.

After graduation, she returned to the mountain area, inherited her parents' wishes, and became a new mountain teacher.

This mountain area produced quite a few university students; some took root in big cities outside, and some returned to the mountain area.

Decades later, on her deathbed, Lu Manman told her daughter a story about a bad woman.

"Mm, Mom, I know you used to be a bad woman, but I don't mind, and Dad didn't mind either; we just really like you!

I hope Mom can become a carefree little princess in the next life, meet a prince charming as gentle as Dad, and live a carefree, good life."

Zuo Doukou stroked the joint tombstone of her father and mother. Although her father had been a vegetable since his injury, sleeping for decades, he never opened his eyes again until he died of old age, smiling and calling her "little girl."

But in her limited memory, her father and mother were always very much in love.

Mom was also not the very bad woman she claimed to be; Mom had turned over a new leaf.

"Mom, Dad bought a roasted chicken and asked me to call you home for dinner!"

"Mm, coming."

Zuo Doukou wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, smiled, and turned to leave the cemetery.

The blurry black-and-white joint photo on the tombstone seemed to be smiling as it watched its daughter's back, revealing a gratified smile.

The man riding an electric scooter on the side of the road smiled honestly, and the old man passing by asked with a smile:

"Zhuzi, accompanying your wife home to pay respects again?"

"Mm, yes, my wife missed my father-in-law and mother-in-law, so I'm accompanying her home to take a look and pay respects."

"Good, good, good, Teacher Zuo in heaven will surely bless you all..."